Student Population at Washington State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
27,539	22,612	4,927

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 27,539 students have enrolled in Washington State University with 22,612 undergraduate and 4,927 graduate students.

By gender, 12,687 male and 14,852 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

4,255 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,357 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Washington State University has a total of 27,539 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 22,612 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,927 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,687 male and 14,852 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,539	22,612	4,927
Men	12,687	10,593	2,094
Women	14,852	12,019	2,833

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,190 White, 771 Black, and 2,010 Asian students out of a total of 27,539 are attending at Washington State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	166	56	110
Asian	2,010	962	1,048
Black	771	388	383
Hispanic	4,113	1,672	2,441
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	138	62	76
White	16,190	7,435	8,755
Two or more races	1,919	856	1,063
Race Unknown	709	393	316

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	140	47	93
Asian	1,599	812	787
Black	634	320	314
Hispanic	3,720	1,511	2,209
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	129	59	70
White	13,431	6,321	7,110
Two or more races	1,684	773	911
Race Unknown	541	316	225

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	26	9	17
Asian	411	150	261
Black	137	68	69
Hispanic	393	161	232
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	3	6
White	2,759	1,114	1,645
Two or more races	235	83	152
Race Unknown	168	77	91

Student Age Distribution

By age, Washington State has 340 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 20,416 students under 25 years old, and 7,123 students over 25 years old out of 27,539 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 340 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. Washington State has 19,339 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,273 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,077 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,850 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	340	190	150
18-19	7,230	3,985	3,245
20-21	7,870	4,276	3,594
22-24	4,976	2,475	2,501
25-29	3,285	1,754	1,531
30-34	1,658	900	758
35-39	937	523	414
40-49	914	552	362
50-64	311	186	125
Over 65	18	11	7

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	340	190	150
18-19	7,230	3,985	3,245
20-21	7,796	4,218	3,578
22-24	3,973	1,792	2,181
25-29	1,519	748	771
30-34	742	426	316
35-39	443	271	172
40-49	422	289	133
50-64	134	93	41
Over 65	13	7	6

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Washington State University, 4,255 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,357 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,118 students lived in Washington or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,137 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	27,539	4,255	3,357
Undergraduate	22,612	2,997	3,229
Graduate	4,927	1,258	128

Online Student Population by Locality
	Washington Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	3,118	1,027	110
Undergraduate	2,509	394	94
Graduate	609	633	16

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 22,612 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,010 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.89%.1,675 students have transferred in as full-time status and 335 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	18,137
Transfer-in Full-time	1,675
Regular Part-time	2,465
Transfer-in Part-time	335

Student Population at Washington State University

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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Online Student Enrollment

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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